CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M -
Corpus Christi softball team dropped a heartbreaking 5-3 loss in 10
innings against Stephen F. Austin in the final game of a Southland
Conference series at Chapman field. The loss ended the 25-game home
winning streak for the Islanders, which was the second-longest
active streak in the nation.

They are now 33-11 overall and 17-4 in the
Southland Conference following the loss. SFA is now 9-28 on the
year and 5-13 in league games.

Jordan
Trujillo pitched 8.1 innings as the starter, giving up three
runs, two of them earned, on five hits and eight walks while
striking out five batters. Constance
Brandenburg came on in relief and absorbed the loss, pitching
one inning and giving up two runs, one earned, on one hit with no
walks and one strikeout for her first loss of the year at 4-1. Greta
Cecchetti also pitched in relief and pitched two-thirds of an
inning with one walk and one strikeout.

Neither team was able to get on the board
until the fifth inning when Lauren
Dodson led off with a single and was pinch run for by Sandy
Schumann. That was followed by Brittany
Tucker reaching on a fielding error by the third baseman to put
runners at first and second. Laura
Phillips then singled and advanced to second on an error while
Tucker moved all the way to third and Schumann was allowed to score
on the error for a 1-0 score.

SFA tied the score up in the seventh at 1-1
when a throw that would have ended the game got away from the first
baseman to even the score.

In the ninth inning the Ladyjacks scored a
pair of runs to go up 3-1 and put the Islanders on the verge of
defeat.

Texas A&M - Corpus Christi fought back
however, getting two runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it a
3-3 game. Dodson reached base on a single down the left field line
and then Tucker singled up the middle to put runners on first and
second. Stephanie
Vead came on to pinch run for Tucker when Cassie
Redman singled to the pitcher to load the bases with no
outs.

After a strikeout swinging to make it two
outs, Jamise
Jackson singled to center to make it 3-2 on Dodson's run. Hannah
Schwarz singled to left to bring home Vead and tie it at 3-3,
but Redman was thrown out on the play to end the inning.

In the top of the tenth, SFA scored two more
runs to go up by 5-3, a deficit the Islanders would not be able to
recover from this time.

Next up for Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
will be a weekend Southland Conference series against Sam Houston
State in Huntsville. The two teams will play a doubleheader on
Saturday, April 16 beginning at 1 p.m. with Sunday start at 12 p.m.
for the single game.

Live stats and audio will be available by
visiting www.GoIslanders.com.